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BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/13/2004 12:16:40 AM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Since you have helped me with my questions, I thought I might give back a little by posting my new discovery... I'm just getting started in the hobby of bottle collecting, but I have already discovered a great way to clean old bottles; LISTERINE! I accidentally bought a bottle of the off-brand Listerine mouthwash at Wal-Mart one day. (The stuff that burns your tongue off.) After I discovered my mistake the hard way, (YEEEOW!!! ) I threw it under the sink thinking I could use it to unclog drains. (it's potent enough!) Anyway, I had some really grody old bottles that I dug out of a ditch one day that had mold and mildew (and other nasty gunk) on them. No amount of scrubbing would take it off. Untill I looked under the sink and saw the tongue burner. Rinse the bottle with a garden hose, Pour it in, stir it around, brush it with an old tooth brush, rinse, GUNK GONE! I thought ''DANG! THIS STUFF IS ACTUALLY USEABLE!!!'' Now, cleaner bottles do not exist in the state of Alabama. >I only tried the stuff on newer crown top soda bottles (all I've found so far) WITHOUT labels. I don't know if it would hurt old labels or older pre-1900 bottles, but I would try it out on a junker first. I may have to ''invent'' and market ''BottleDig1's Amazing bottle cleaner'' and sell it for ten bucks a pop... Anyway, try some Listerine on one of your bottles and let me know how it turns out. Hope this will help you out, _____________ BottleDig1 Post #: 1

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/13/2004 6:30:06 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Bottledig, your 'listerine' isn't going to hurt any pre-1900 bottles as far as the glass goes, but I would take care around any labels. I messed up a nice Qt. Moxie ACL 'Dietetic" soda I pulled out of a surface dump last fall. The orange on the label was nice and orange, but the white was kind of dull so I took a swab and straight clorox bleach to 'brighten' it up a little. The orange is now almost bled out as is the white - dumb lazyman's mistake! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 2

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/14/2004 12:11:38 AM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Thanks for the info, Maine. So you want to buy a bottle of my secret cleaning formula? It's only ten dollars for a large 1oz bottle!!! ______________________ Bottle(Hustler)Dig1 (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 3

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/14/2004 12:23:14 AM    BRichardson5   Posts: 434 Joined: 8/29/2003 From: Pacific Northwest Status: offline I think that this is a great idea! It's way cheaper than buying acids (I just got a 50 oz. bottle of off-brand listerine at Target for $1.50). I'm letting it set overnight in four bottles which are nearly impossible to clean because of staining inside in an unreachable area. I really hope this works- I'll let you know what turns out! (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 4

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/14/2004 3:50:43 AM    Guest Does anyone know what the active ingredient is in Listerine? Does it say on the label? (in reply to BottleDig1)   Post #: 5

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/14/2004 1:16:31 PM    BRichardson5   Posts: 434 Joined: 8/29/2003 From: Pacific Northwest Status: offline This morning i cleaned the bottles that the listerine had been setting in, and 3 out of four of them were completely cleaned after a small bit of brushing. The fourth bottle lost about 70% of it's stains, so i'll let that set for another day to get rid of the rest of it. Thanks so much for the tip...it really works! (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 6

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/14/2004 6:30:58 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Bottledig, if this stuff takes off, we who tried it & tested it for you demand to be listed as members of the R&D department in your advertisments and when you accept the Nobel Prize! lol We also demand a % of the profits! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 7

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/21/2004 11:07:18 AM    ladyp3797   Posts: 60 Joined: 1/19/2004 From: New England Status: offline I can't wait to try that!!! It's so exctiting! My Dad, who is 75, just built a bottle tumbler for me ( Yep Norm, it's in tests phase now!!) I think I will try and use it as a cleaning agent, with some fine sand!! I am in early testing phase now, just put in a 'non- junkie", for the first time. But I will let you know about the Listerine addditive. LP (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 8

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/21/2004 11:53:24 AM    ladyp3797   Posts: 60 Joined: 1/19/2004 From: New England Status: offline adddititve? I must be stuttering! (in reply to ladyp3797) Post #: 9

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/21/2004 4:51:25 PM    chick_on_a_broom   Posts: 1 Joined: 3/21/2004 Status: offline Cool site I appreciate learning about the tongue burner... something I wouldn't have thought of trying... I just dug up an old bottle and was frustrated with cleaning it before I discovered your site. My son suggested battery acid... but that sounds dangerous. So... I took his second recommendation - and that is Oxy Clean. I think that's what it's called - not the stuff to zap zits, but the stuff that cleans clothing. The bottle is ALMOST clean... I put a lot in the bottle, some hot water, and (because I'm impatient), let it sit for a couple hours. It practically cleaned itself and is all sparkly now... but I will still try the tongue burner (love that terminology!) for getting the impossible-to-reach-places. A fun site, to be sure! (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 10

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/26/2004 7:42:36 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Thanks, Everyone! I have cleaned almost one hundred bottles with only 2 bottles of listerine! That stuff goes a long way. Have a nice day, ________________ BottleDig1 Attachment (1) (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 11

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 7:47:05 PM    bottle_girl   Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2003 Status: offline Wow! It works great! I just tried it out. I had a Dr. W.B. Caldwell's bottle that was so hazy you couldn't even read it without straining... It's clean as a whistle now!! Thanks for the idea... I love it Bottle girl (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 12

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 9:55:46 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Thank You ______________ BottleDig1 (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 13

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 10:04:35 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hey Bottledig, maybe you can re-label it DIGSTERINE! ayeah _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 14

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 10:11:37 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline I'm so happy with its results, I think I'll call it Blissterine. _____________ BottleDig1 (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 15

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 10:39:13 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline I refuse to comment lol _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 16

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/27/2004 10:40:57 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Why?? (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 17

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/29/2004 11:13:57 AM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Because we're sinking into the depths of 'corniness' lol. Actually, I'm getting worried, if that stuff can clean bottles the way you all say it does, what's it doing to people's mouths!?, I have a muriatic acid solution that doesn't touch some of the stains this apparently does!!!!! - ONLY JOKING _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 18

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/29/2004 11:37:03 AM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline A little lizard got into my listerine one day, and look what happened! Attachment (1) (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 19

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/30/2004 1:16:15 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Ok Bottledig, since you want to keep bragging about your 'discovery' I have the ultimate Listerine bottle for you, and what that stuff will do to you to! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 20

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